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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
A Three-Pound Baby.

MARrINsvILLE, May 27.-Probsbly the
smallest specimen of humanity now living
in Indiana was born to the wife of Ashley
Cooper, of MOoresville, in the north part
of this county, few days since. This lit
tie midget, now but five days old, weighs
less than three pounds. Its hands and
arms are of such diminutive size that, it is
said, a lingering worn upon the middle
finger can be slipped TO the elbow with
ease. The parents, unlike their offspring,
are of medium stature, aud possessed of
large bone and muscle. Large numbers of
people, anxious to see so small a specimen
of humanity, have visited the home of the
parents. To all appearances the child will
live, as it partakes of nourishment with
apparent relish
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Figurs-Head on a Pirate Ship.
INew York World.I

I4NtW
Speaking of Charles Francis Adams a
gentleman who was present at the earlier
sessions of the Pacific Railway investlga-
ton says: Adams has succumbed to the
greed for money which seems to be sapping
the moral foundations of our society. He
seems TO be a mere fgure-h head for a ship
steered by pirates. Think of his turning to
the counsel for the Union Pacific Railway
Company when he was asked whether he
did not know a certain transaction was
wrong, and saying, Judge Dillon is the
keeper of my conscience in that matter
What would his father, his grandfather or
bis great grandfather have said to that flip
pant evasion of moral responsibility
Yes what?
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Peters Wife-and Some other wives,

Detroit Free Press.l
MY dear, said Mrs. Peters to her hus-
band the other day, "what does all this
stuff in the papers about home rule
mesn?"
at means" said Peters with the air of
sage, that the irish want to govern
Ireland themselves
They are tired of the tyranny of the
Gar. are they?"
The Czar2 What are you talking
about?"
"Oh, 1 mean the Emperor"
"Worse and more of it. Do you mean to
tell me that you don't know that Ireland
is under the rule of England?'
"Oh, so it is. Isn't Queen Victoria good
to them? I'm sure she looks real nice in
her pictures. She can't be very horrid."
She's horrid enough to the Irish. Now
you listen and I'll explain the home rule
business to you. 1 want my wife to be in
formed on so important q subject. You
know all about Gladstone, don't your"
"Oh, yes; he's Queen Victoria's son or
something else, isn't hep"
what are you talking about? Have l
married raving lunatic?'
There. now; you go to getting cross
about nothing. l wouldn't talk to my wife
like that for all the Irish on earth. Glad.
stone is the King or President or Gar or
whatever the ruler of Ireland is? But 1t
doesn't sound like an Irish name"
"He's no more Irish than I'm Chinese.
Now sou pay attention and I'll tell You all
about it. For years the people of Ireland
hsve long been dissatisfied ="
with Gladstone"
"Nn no ="
with Victoria then. Well, 1 ="
mot with her alone. They have been
shsmefully oppressed and their rights and
liberties restricted through coercion aud
Coercion means the same as prohibition
does here, doesn't it?"
Have you any sense at all? I'd like to
see the English rulers try the prohibition
game on the Irish in Ireland. They'd ride
Queen Victoria on a rail and lynch Parlia-
ment in body. This home rule muddle
wouldn't be anything. Coercion is a species
of tyranny that deprives the Irish of al
most all individual liberty. You've heard
of Parpell?"
Hes the man Who has just been around
the world on bicycle, isn't hep"
"Great Cesar! I've a notion to go right
down town and apply for a divorce. Any
jury in the land would give it to me in
two minutes and a half Herel where's
my hat and coat? I'm going of and hang
myself for marrying such "a"
"Janesl you're just as mean as you can
bel I'm sure I've understood every word
you've said, and 1 won't stand your abuse.
L"
But Peters had fed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
An unnrovokad Ashanti.

GOSHEN, May 25.-Last night Marion Sim
mons, a well known tough" of this city,
brutally assaulted Valentine Grippe, re-
spectacle farmer living near here. The
trouble grew out of a quarrel about a cali,
which Simmons agreed 70 buy. Failing to
call for the animal until about a week
after the appointed time, Grippe charged for
the feed and the keeping of the calf. With
out word Simmons knocked him down
and commenced to beat him in disgrace
full manner. DIR. GRIPPE was at leugth res
cued, and it was found that his leg was
broken and two ribs were fractured. Mr..
Grippe is an old citizen of this county, and
the public indignation against Simmons is
great
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Marion Strikes Another Treasure.

MARION, May 25.-Gas well No. 4, being
bored in North Marion for the benefit of
the new glass factory now being erected
here, at q depth of 800 feet, yesterday at
$3.50 o'clock, rich flow of gas was struck.
1t is said by the parties boring the well,
and they have been working throughout
the gas belt, to be the richest flow yet
found in Indiana. 1t is. doubtless, the
equal, if not superior, to the great well
at Finley. This find now insures Us. in
addition to the glass works, another paper
mill and large steel concern. Marion is
certainly progressing more rapidly than
any other city in the gas belt.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Four So. GOO. GOO Bonds.

New ALBANY, May 26.-Probably the
four largest bonds of executorship ever
given in Indiana were filed and recorded
in the Office of the County Clerk of Floyd
County this Thursday forenoon. These
were the bonds of Newland T. DePauw,
Peter r. Stoy, Charles w. DsPauw and
John w. Ray-the latter Of indianapolis
as executors of the estate of the late Hon.
Washington G. DePauw. Each of the above
named executors gave bond IN
the sum of $1,000 900. Besides sign
ing each others bonds, the bonds
men were John McCulloch, Moses Irwin,
Elijah Newland, Merrill A. Weir
and James NJ. Hams. The bonds cover
double the estimated value of the personal
property of decedent, and the total of the
four bonds is s., 600, 900. The executors at
once entered upon the discharge OF their
duties, their bonds being approved by
Judge Ferguson, OF the Circuit Court. The
general business of decedent's estate will
be carried on just as il has heretofore been
done. Mrs. Fannie NJ. DePauw, widow of
deceased, who was nominated as one of the
executors of his estate, declined to qualify,
sending her written declination to the
court.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Child DroWned in a Cistarn.

ANDERSON, May 81. - An eighteen
months-old child of William Webb, living
in the northeast part of Jackson township,
this county, was accidentally drowned yes
terdsy. Mrs. Webb was busy working in
the garden, and left the little one playing
about the dosr-yard. In short time Mrs.
Webb went to the well to draw some water
1.-THE well having an open top, and was
Mortified to see the dead body of her babe
floating in the water about thirty feet be-
low. Help was called and the little one
taken out, but life had fed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Gas Well Smashing Things.

KNIGHTsTowN, May %. = Yesterday.
while the workmen were engaged in con-
ining the gas in well No. 1, the pressure
became 80 great that large section of cas-
ing pipe forty feet.in length, together with
the casing head, was blown out. The great
mass of metal reached an altitude of $50
feet, knocking the top OF the derrick to
smitherreens, and in falling penetrated the
ground and renamed standing bolt up
right. The noise of the explosion was
deafening. The flow of gas has been in.
creasiDg steadily for several days. Our well,
contrary to expectations, has proven to be
daisy, demoralizer and shorter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
a KIother,n Crime.

MADISON, May 25-News has just been
received here of fearful crime committed
in Trimble County, Kentucky, last even
ing. Mrs Belle Kentgrass, widow, liv-
ing at ]. II. Maddor's, after serving sup
per went to the orchard during the absence
of the family and gave birth to a child,
knocking its brains out on a rock after
which she made an attempt to throw it in
a hog pen, but was prevented by the ar
rival of the family. She afterwaro put it
in barrel of rags in the meat house,
where il was found. She was Immediately
arrested and taken to Bedford.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Drowned Herself In a Cistern-A Maynard
Girl

Fort WAYNE, May 25-When Miss
Augusta Reitze, a teacher In the publ c
schools, returned from school this afternoon
she found her mothers dead body float
ing in the cistern. The lady suffered from
temporary alteration of mind. She was
widow, and the mother of William Reitze,
the teller of the old National Bank.
Jonah Gunther, a wealthy farmer living
near 0swego, X os;iusko County, came to
Fort Wayne to-day in search OF his daugh
ter, Sarah Jane, who had been missing
since March last. She was found a, the
County Infirmary, where she had given
birth to bouncing boy. After a stormy
scene between father and daughter, Gun
Their returned home alone.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
DIR. Harrison Wins.

LEBANON, May % Judge Thomas J..
Terhune, of the Boone Circuit Court, rem
dered q decision this morning in the cause
of the State ex rel. Louis I. Kitchener. At.
torney-GeneraI, VS.. DR.. Thomas II. Harri-
son, president of the Board of Benevolent
Institutions, wherein the Attorney General
claimed that DR.. Harrison had received
more salary than the law allows. After a
very careful investigation of the law and
the facts pertaining to the cause, Judge
Terhune sustained the defendants demur-
rer to the complaint.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
A Chinese murder and Suicide.

WINCHESTER, May 25.-Coroner Evans,
of this city, has just returned from Union
dead bodies of two Chinese laundrymen,
named Bow Hong and Lung Chung, who
" ere found dead in their room last night.
From the evidence at the inquest the two
bad quarreled during the night and Bow
Hong had killed Lung Chung with a
Ratchet and then himself with dagger.
Nearly 500 in money was found on the
premises and several certificates of deposit
on banks in Union City were also found.
No known cause for the rash act is given.
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al independent must expect to be sued for
libel. A fearless and honest libelist is nec-
essary in every community to protect the
public against official corruption aud indl.
vidusl rascality. If, as you say. have
record as pugnacious editor, don't de-
serve it. II the public only knew what ]
refrain from saying they would say that l
am criminally negligent. 1 seldom strike
the first blow; | only strike back, and then
rarely on my own ACCOUNT
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01

Niagara limestone, and that the Trenton
rock will not be found at less than ], 200
feet deep. The directors have decided not
to pay Mr.. Robinson, as the contract calls
upon him to 90 fifty feet into Trenton, aud
they have the decision Of the State Geolo-
gist on their side. Robinson has left for
Michigan City to superintend boring well
there, and says that the directors need not
pay HIM a cent. Mr.. Lee also says that he
is positive that Elkhart did not strike the
Trenton rock but Niagara limestone.
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Died Great Agony.

GOSHEN, May Is Last Friday Nancy
Snyder, domestic in the family of Cap
tain L. Billings, attempted suicide by tax.
ing dose of Trough on Rats She has
been in a semi-unconscious state ever since
and tonight she died in the greatest agony.
She has frequently expressed a desire to
die as she was tired of life. Deceased was
fifteen years of age.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Mangled to Hide a Crime.

BRAZIL, May 26.-It was reported yester-
day that DIaz Cutler, farmer of Grant
Station, had committed suicide by throw
ing himself under a Bee-line train. The
Coroner, after a searching investigation,
decided that Mr.. Cutler had been muir
dered and his body afterward placed on
the track. The body was picked up i'm
mediately after being run over, but was
already cold. There is no clew to the
murderer
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Horrible Murder.

ST. PAUL. May 27.-The Pioneer Press
has news of brutal murder near Fergus
Falls, where Miss Lille Field was to-day
found in hog-pen with her throat cut and
disemboweled. A Scandinavian hired man
named Eels Olsen Holung is supposed to
be the murderer, as she was left alone with
him early this morning and he is missing.
The neighbors are out in force looking for
him, and the police of the twin cities have
been notified
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
An Arrest Crea tes a snss.ion.

ROCHESTER, May 27.-Charles Mercer was
arrested here yesterday on charge of bur-
glarizing Adolph Bvcard's store some time
since, the affidavit being filed by Will Ed
diDgton. The affair has created a big sem
sation, as Mercer Is the son of one OF
Rochester's leading business rnen, and,
while of late he has led careless life, has
never before been accused of criminal
assault
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Farmers Disaster.

North MANCHESTER, May 25.-E. J. Hart.
er, well.to-dO farmer living two and one
half miles north Of town, had his barn
burned Yesterday morning, including
100 bushels of oats, all his harness, and
most all of the timber for new barn
which was piled up beside the old one was
spoiled. The cause of the fire is not known.
No insurance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Killed by Lightning.

PETERSBURG, May 26.-0n the farm OF
Mr.. G. II. Mckinney, near Pleasantville,
mentioned, was killed by lightning during
county Tuesday evening. Young McKin-
Dey, whose age was seventeen, and an
elder brother were blowing, and when the
storm approached sought shelter under a
tree, which was struck by lightning, killing
him outright. His brother Jackson, who
was standing near by holding span OF
mules, was severely shocked, and one of
the mules killed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
MORE FACTS.

STERLING, Ill, August p, 1885.
We feel we must write something of the
success of Hop Bitters. Their sale is thrib-
bic that of any other article of medicine.
Hence we feel it but justice to you and
your Bitters to say that it is a medicine of
real merit and virtue, and doing much
good and efecting great cures. Yours,
J. F. & II. B. UrLEY.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Anderson Claims the Biggest Well.

ANDERSON, May 25.-Well No. 2. recently
drilled here, has just been tested with
standard mercury gauge. 1t shows an
open pressure of 4I3-16 pounds to the
square inch from a 55s-inch casing and an
output of gas of IA, 061 321 cubic feet every
twenty-four hours. This test establishes
the fact that this is much the largest well
yet discovered in the Indiana gas field.
Well No. flows 5000 900 cubic feet every
twenty-four hours. The gas in this vicinity
is found above sea level, is pefectly dry
and of the richest quality.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Died From His Ipjuries.

HARTFORD CRY, May 26 The man
LeffiDgwell, who was so severely beaten by
Bill Barnes, at Mount PeIin, some three
weeks ago, died yesterday. A post-mortem
revealed the fact that the internal as we'll
as the external table of the Uranium was
fractured. Barnes frequent threats against
the Life of Leffingwell are against him.
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Republicans Checkmated.
lFort WAYNE Jonrnal.l

1t is said that those indictments lately
returned by the Federal Grand Jury at In-
dianapolis, will bring out some very funny
things politically in that city. The only
trouble in the whole matter is and was
that the Republicans were checkmated in
their usual games of former years, by which
the counting out process was consummated
bv very fine work
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Golden weddipg at Fort wayne.

FoRT WAYNE, May PA notable event
In Fort Wayne society world was the cele.
Grafton day of the golden wedding of
Hon. and Mrs. William III. Coombs at the
suburban resid ence of the distinguished ex-
Justice of the Supreme Court. brilliant
assem- blsge was present this evening, in
Guiding members of the bar of this and
other counties. Happy responses to toasts
were made by Judge John Morris, ex-J us-
tice of the Supreme Conrt; Hon. r. @.
Bell and others. Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs are
in excellent health.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
THE INDIANA BUDGET
An AwfnI Confession.

JEFFERsoNvILLE, May CIV allace Chris.
tan, well known character of Fisher
vile, Clark County, Indiana, died on Tues
day, after lingering illness of consump-
wealthy farmer, but drink caused bis ruin,
and be died pauper. When he found he
was dying he made a strange and
horrible confession 10 DR.. McFad-
den, who attended him. The death
chill was upon him and he knew that
he soon must die. Calling the doctor to
his bedside, he said he had dying state
ment to make, and, upon the doctor
solemnly promising not TO make the con-
fession known until after his death, he be-
gan his story. His statement was in SUBJ
stance as follows: Fifteen years ago
Christian and his brother, Isaac, came to
Baskerville from Harrisburg, Pa, and set
tied on q small farm, which they worked
Jointly. Fortune smiled upon them, their
crops were always abundant, and they soon
became comparatively wealthy. Wallace
was the older and it was not long until he
began to wish his brother out of the way
IN ofder that he might possess the money
alone. Fate seemed to favor the latter. 1t
was not long until Isaac announced his in
tentIon OF selling his share in the farm and
purchasing an orange grove in Florida.
Wallace agreed to buy his brothers share.
That night, as the two sat discussing their
plans for the future before blazing fire,
Wallace suddenly arose and struck his
brother murderous blow with a mallet.
His skull was horribly crushed, and death
was instantaneous. The unnatural brother
coolly removed the hearth-stones, and
making an excavation, placed the body in
it. With the same heartlessness that
had characterized his movements in
the tragedy, he replaced the stones
and washed away the blood-stains. He then
retired and slept peacefully, regardless of
the fact that he had that night stained his
hands with his brothers life blood. The
next morning he gave out that his brother
left fol Florida, and no further inquiry
was made by his neighbors. From that
day, however, his luck was changed, every
venture failed, and his bank account
dwindled away. Then he took to drink,
and finally the farm was sold. He
squandered his money and dissi-
pated until his health was gone, and
he found himself a prisoner on the
bounty of his friends. at last penni-
less and with the fatal disease upon
him, he built himself small cabin in the
woods in which to spend his remaining
days. After he died his neighbors placed
the remains in a rude box. and dug shall
low grave beside the creek. The doctor
then made public the confession, and the
entire party started to the farm house, to
ascertain the truth of the story. The
hearth-stones were removed, and beneath
them was the skeleton of a man. Most of
the clothing had rotted away, but por-
tion of the shirt and the soles of the shoes
remained. The skull was found to De
frightfullv fractured. After discussing the
horrible affair for time, the villagers
buried the bones beside those of his
brether
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01

Fort WAYNE, May 26-The suit of Joseph
Anna Ketchum, deceased, against Alfred
P. Edgerton, Civil Service Commissioner,
was settled to-day in the Allen Circuit
Court, and upon the submission of proof of
Ketchum's position with reference to the
estate Mr.. Edgerton paid him s., 200 cash
and transferred to him a 81 900 mortgage
held in trust by him for Anna Ketchum.
The case had attracted considerable atten-
ton.
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s.Another wicked Republican. :"

GreencRstIe Star-Ple5S.I
Another wicked Republican high up in
the pictures has been caught, to-wit: Gen.
eral Canadian, the chairman of the Rspub-
lican Central Committee at Indianapolis,
has been indicted by the United States
Grand Jury for conspiracy to commit fraud
at the last November election.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Hop Bit ers Mfg. Co:

know Hop .Bitters will bear recon-
mendation honestly. All who use them
confer upon them the highest encomiums
and give them credit for making cures-alI
the propuetors claim for them. l have
kept them since they were first offered TO
the public. They took high rank from the
first, and maintained il, and are more
called for than all others combined. So
long as they keep up their high reputation
for purity and usefulness l shall continue
TO recommend them-something l have
never done before with any patent medi-
cine. J. J. BABC0CK.
Physician and Druggist.
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Blew Ont His Own Brains.

HoUsToN, Texas, May 24.-william
Warnecke, who shot his sister, Mrs. Rumpe,
Saturday afternoon at section No. 4, on
the Houston and Texas Central Railway
went scarcely 800 yards from the scene of
his crime and blew tout his own brains.
His body has been found. Mrs Rumps Is
still alive.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Reunion of the Blue and the Gray.

EVANSVILLE, May 26.-Farragut Post, G..
A. R., at their meeting tonight which was
very largely attended, voted almost unani-
mously for q grand reunion Of the Blue
and the Gray to be held in Evansville next
September. Arrangements Will be made
on grand scale. and leading generals Of
national reputation, who fought on either
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Another Attempt to KIN the Car.

VIENNA, May 24-The Tarblatt has re-
ceived telegram from Odessa stating the
Gar returned to ST. Petersburg from Don
Cossacks country three DAYS earlier than
he had intended to. This was due, the
dispatch says, 10 an attempt made by
student to kill him on Wednesday night
during the festivities at NoYo Tcherkask
by firing at him as he rode by in a car
riege.
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Farm Residence Burned.

MADISON, May 27.-The residence of Hin
son Gray, on Pleasant Ridge, five miles
east of this city, was destroyed by fire this
morning. The furniture, bedding, and all
was destroyed, besides the smoke-house,
containing quantity of meat. The total
loss is $500; insured for $500.
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side, will be invited TO attend. The pub
lie is enthusiastic over the matter, and the
reunion gives promise of being the grand
est gathering ever seen in Indiana. Five
Thousand dollars has already been sub
scribed.
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trenton Rock or Nlagara Limestone.

GOSHEN, May 25.-Contractor Robinson,
of gas well fame, who has been employed
at gas we'll No. 2 OF this city, has got into
trouble with the directors of that company.
Mr.. Robinson claims that he has reached
Trenton rock at q depth of $50 feet, and
penetrated seventy feet into the same.
Upon examining some drillings the State
Geologist expressed his opinion that 1t was